Councils yet to sign on to tourism board

The chairman of an interim Great Ocean Roads regional tourism board says he hopes the new group will start operating next month.

The South-West Victorian Regional Tourism Board is due to represent nine municipalities including Moyne, Warrnambool and Corangamite.

Wayne Kayler-Thomson says the Geelong, Queenscliff and Golden Plains councils have not signed on.

However, he says that will not cause any problems for regional tourism planning and agreements.

"It doesn't really have a great deal of difference because there's likely to be then cooperative arrangements for those matters that are related to the development and marketing of the Great Ocean Road," he said.

"So it's not a game-changer but at this stage, there's no decisions that have been made, so it's speculation as to what might be the ultimate outcome.

"I'm still confident that there will be a total collaborative approach."